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BURT A. PETERSON, or ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR To HOWARD 'D.-o0LMA1\ T,"'

LUTHER L. MILLER,A1\TID HARRY A. sEvERsoN, ooPARTNERs DOING- BUSINESS AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, AS .BARBER-COLMAN COMPANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJuIy s, 1913.

Application filed my 5, 1910. Serial No. 570,424. I v I To all whom it may concern:

-.Be it known that I, BURT A. PETERSON, a

'- citizen of the United States, residing at placing the full bobbins upon a spinning I 10 Rockford, inthe county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Doffers, of

which the following is a specification. This invention relates to means for re.-

frame with empty bobbins,a process which is termed doffing. It is herelnexempllfied as embodied in a doffer of the traveling type, i. 6., a machine adapted to travel along the front of a spinning frame and doff the bobbins successively.

One of the objects of the invention is to '7 thereof.

The invention further relates to the other features of improvement hereinafter set forth. g

In the accompanying draw1ngs, F1gure 1 is a side elevation of one form of dotfer em- ,lated devices.

. "bodying my invention, the 'doifer being I shown in operative relation to a spinning frame. Fig. l -is a vertical sectional view@ of a lock for the actuating crank. Fig. 2 is' a front elevation of the doifer. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the doffer, together with a.

portion of the spinning frame. Fig. 4 isa rear View of a portion of the actuating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken in the plane of'dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig.7 is

rear view of a portion o-fthe actuating. mechanism, wlth parts in section. Fig. 8 1s..

a fragmental view of the main shaft and re- Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the timing and actuating wheeland the gear Wheel attached thereto. Fig. 10 is a horizontal sectional View of the dofling,

donning and bobbin-seating devices. Fig.

member to i the dofiing tube.

is a sectional detail of the actuating me'cha- I nism. Fig. 13 illustrates the dofling mechanism. Fig. 14 is a detail View of the shear.

Fig. 15 is a sectional view of one of the pins or posts thatconnect the shear-supporting I Fig. 16 illustrates the donning devices. Fig. 17 repre sents the means for actuating a bobbin-moving device. Fig. 18 is a sectionon line 18 of Fig. 16. f Fig. 19 is a horizontal section, illustrat-ing the timing and actuating Wheel .in

top plan. Fig. 20 is a section' on line 20 of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a horizontal section through'the magazine. Fig. 22 represents, in top plan, the conveyer that is arranged beneath the magazine. Fig. 23 is aQfragmental vertical section through the magazine and said conveyer. Figs. 24: and 25, are sections on lines 24 and 25, respectively, of Fig. 28. Fig. 26 is a fragmental vertical section through the magazine and the conveyer, and showing the removable bottom for the magazine and the means for removing and replacing said. bottom. F ig, 26 is a fragmental view toillustrate how certain of the bobbins enter the conveyer. Fig. 27 is a sectional view to illustrate how the bob bins descendin the 'magazine and-onto the conveyer. Fig. 28, represents'the position of the yarn when a full bobbin is lifted off the spindle. Fig. 29 illustrates the operation of do-fling, donning and seating bobbins...

In the embodiment'herein shown of my invention, the operating mechanisms, the

magazine for empty bobbins, and the recep- V tacle for full bobbins are mounted upon a framework or carriageadapted to be moved along the sides of aspinning frame and also adapted to be rolled about the mill. The

carriage consists of two sect-ions, the lower one of which supports the full-bobbin receptacle and is arranged to travel upon the fioor,l while the'upper section carries the operating mechanisms and the empty-bobbin magazine, and is adapted-to besupported other times upon the lower section.

and the side'portions 3.- Said barsare upon the spinningframe when in use and a .100 two bars bent to form the bottom'portions '2' united by cross-pieces 4, 5, 6 and 7. Two carrying rollers 8 are mounted upon the axle 9 arranged in bearings on the cross-piece 4, and two casters 10 are attached to the crosspiece 5. The upper ends of the side bars 3 are rigidly secured to a frame member 11.

The full-bobbin receptacle 12 is of any suitable form and construction, and, as herein shown, it may be placed in the open frame formed by the parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and rest upon the bottom members of said frame. Projections 13 (Fig. 2) on the box 12 step against the side bars 3 when the box is inserted, and thus determine its pro-per position in the doffer.

The upper carriage-section is connected to the lower section for movement relative thereto in a suitable way. Herein I have shown two upright columns 14 (Fig. 19) fixed to the frame member 11, upon which columns the upper carriage-section is mounted for vertical movement. In this instance the upper carriage-section consists of two tubes 15 slidably surrounding the columns 14, a bottom cross-piece 16 (Figs. 1 and 19), a middle cross-piece or bracket 17 (Fig. 4) and a top cross-piece 18 (Figs. 2, 22 and 23), said cross-pieces being rigidly fixed to the tubes 15.

The means herein shown for raising and lowering the upper carriage-section consists of a rock shaft 19 (Fig. 19) mounted in the bottom cross-piece 16, two arms 20 21 fixed on the ends of said shaft, and links 22 23 connecting said arms to the frame member 11 of the lower carriagesection. The arm 21 is of suflicient length to serve as a hand lever in raising and lowering the upper section. If desired, means may be provided for locking the upper section against move ment; I have herein shown a spring-actuated detent 24 on the hand lever 21 arranged to engage in a locking sector 25 fixed to the frame member 16, for locking the upper section in its upper and lower positions.

In the present embodiment, the upper carriage-section is arranged to be supported upon the spinning frame by means of two grooved rollers 26 (Figs. 19 and 20) mounted upon the ends of a bar 27 fixed to the bottom cross-piece 16. These rollers run. on a channel-bar rail 28 attached to the spinning frame in any suitable manner adjacent to the forwardedge of the bolster rail a. To keep the groove of the roller 26 clear of lint, I provide a disk 29 (Fig. 20) carried by a bolt 30 which is slidable in a slotted bracket 31 fixed to the bar 27. The disk 29 has a peripheral covering 29 of felt or other material to which lint will cling. The

disk 29 is supported in position to enter the groove in the roller 26, with its felt-covered periphery resting upon the bottom of the groove. Any lint picked up by the roller 26 will cling to the felt 29- and may be readily stripped off by the operator.

32 is a roller carried by a bracket 33 fixed to the bottom cross-piece 16 and bearing against the lower flange Z) of the bolster rail.

The timing and feeding mechanism that moves the dofler along the spinning frame and keeps it in step with the spindles comprises a star wheel or gear wheel 34 (Figs. 9 and 19) rotatably mounted in a horizontal position upon the lower side of the bottom cross-piece 16 in position to engage the spindle bases 0, said bases constituting a rack with which the toothed wheel 34 engages. Said wheel may have double teeth, or, in other words, the ends of the teeth may be concave, as at 35, to clear the rods (Z (F 1 and 19) that carry the ring rail 6.

Fixed with relation to the star wheel 34 is a gear wheel 36 meshing with an intermediate gear 37 that meshes with a pinion 38 rigidly mounted on the lower end of a vertical shaft 39. This shaft is supported in bearings 40 41 42 on the transverse frame members 16 17 18, respectively, (Figs. 2 and 8) In this instance the shaft 39 is arranged to be driven manually through a shaft 43 mounted in the bracket 17, the forward end of said shaft bearing a hand crank 44. WVhen the machine is not in use, the mechanism may be locked agaisnt operation by suitable means such as a fork 45 (Fig. 1) adapted to embrace the crank and pivoted on a cross-pin 46 011 the bracket 17. The fork is yieldingly held in operative position by a spring-pressed pin 47 in the fork, the operating end of said pin entering a recess 48 in the cross-pin 46. On the shaft 43 is a spiral gear wheel 49 meshing with a similar gear wheel 50 on the vertical shaft 39.

The upper carriage-section supports a doffing tube 51, a donning tube 52, and a bobbin-seater 53 (Figs. 10 and said tubes and bobbin-seater being arranged side by side, the distance between the centers of said tubes, as well as the distance between the center of the donning tube and the operative portion of the bobbin-seater, being equal to the distance between the centers of adjacent spindles.

In operation, the doffer has a continuous movement along the spinning frame, while the doffing tube has an intermittent movement along the spinning frame, said tube moving downward over a filled bobbin and rising with said bobbin during each pause between the steps of its progressive movement along the spinning frame. The donning tube also moves intermittently along the spinning frame, pausing above each spin dle while a bobbin is being ejected from the tube onto said spindle. The movements of the bobbin-seater are similar to those of the dofling tube. To obtain these various moveroller stud 68 carried by the slideframe A 11.0 and 29), and its upper end merges into a curved guide portion 68 having an openfor-Z Inents, Ihave providedjmechanism which is herein shown .as comprisinga slide frame of theslides 55 are formed ball races complementary to ball races formed in bars 17 fixed to the bracket 17, a series of spaced balls being provided in each pair of races.

- The lower slide 55 is secured to the frame 56 by screws 57 ext-ending ,through elongated openings in said slide. -A djusting screws 58 seated in the frame 56 bear .at their upper ends against the lower slide 55, .and thus con- I stitute means for adjusting .the'ball bearings i 56 are two vert cal grooved guide bars 59 forthe slide frame 54:. Fixed to the frame (Figs. 7, 10, 13 and 16) in which is mounted a slide 60, to which slide the doyfiing tube 51 is attached. The donning tube 52 and the bobbin-seater 53 are attached to the slide frame 54. The slide frame 54 is reciprocated horizontally upon the bars 17, its speed when moving in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the doffer along the spinning frame being the same as that of the doffer, whereby during such movement the slide frame f is stationary with reference to the spinning frame. The

means herein shown for horizontally reciprocating the slide frame 54: and for vertito the slide frame 5 f comprises a cam disk or wheel 61 (Figs. t and 5) secured to the rear end of the shaft 43., In one face of said wheel is a cam groove 62 to receive a 54,-and upon its opposite face is a roller stud 64L fitting in a channel bar 65 secured to the slide 60. The weight oft-he slide 60 and the parts carried thereby is counterbalanced by theweight-portionf66 of the cam wheel.

The contour of the cam groove 62 is such that the slide frame 54 is stationary with reference to the spinning frame while a filled bobbin is being removed, and is then given a quick forward movement to place the dofling tube, the donning tube and the bobbinseater in register withrsucceeding spindles.

The dofiing tube is best shown in Fig. 13. Its forward side is cut away, as at 67 (Figs.

ward side; Fixed in the upper carriagesection is a tube 69, the entrance end of which comprises guide walls, 70 extending close to the plane of horizontal reciprocation 72. The lower portion of the tube 51 is secured to the plate 60 by means of a bracket 7 3.

- I .Inthe present embodiment the means for engaging the full bobbins consists of dogs 74:

(Fig. 11) with eccentric toothed gr pping .---faces, said dogs beingpivotally mountedbe;

slidable in bearings (Fig. 29) on the bracket 78. Coiled springs 81 surrounding the posts 79 and extending between the brackets 7 3 and 78 tend to push the bracket 7 8 downward, such movement being limited by the engagement of the nuts 82 with the upper ends of the bearings for the posts .79. l/Vhen the dotting tube descends, the lower ends of the posts 79 strike the ring rail ,6, the downward movement of the bracket'78 being thereby arrested, while the dofiing tube continues to descend; In its downward movement, the annular bracket 78 contacts the thread extending from the drawing rolls to the traveler, and pushes said threaddown in order that it may not be engaged by the dogs 7 4.

The relative movement between the bracket 78 and the dofling tube 51 is utilized to actuate a shear (see Figs.fl3, 14.- and 29). On the following side of the bracket 78 is an upstanding lug 83 to which is fixed a shear blade 84, and pivoted on said lug is a shear blade 85. Fixed wit-h relation to the pivoted blade .85 is an operating arm 86 having a pin and slot connection with a member 87 adjustably secured to the bracket 78. It will be seen that approaching movement between the brackets 73 and 78 will cause the shear to be closed, and that as the dofling tube moves up away from the bracket 78 the shear will be opened. 88 is a guard fixed to the bracket 7 8, the thread to be cut extending under said bracket. The guard 88 insures an invari able position of the thread when being-cut and thus provides a fixed time for the cut-. ting of the thread.

Vhen the doifing tube 51 is moved down? wardly over a bobbin, the dogs 74; yield outwardly and upwardly, and, upon the next upward movement of the tube the bobbin, being held by the dogs, is pulled from the spindle. On the next downward movement of the tube 51, this bobbin is held from downward movement with the tube by means of a finger 89 (Figs. 7 and 13) pivoted on a bracket 90 fixed to the'guides 59. A'coiled spring 91 tends to hold the. finger 89 in the path of the bobbins, but permits the finger to. yield to allow the bobbin to pass upwardly. In the downward movement of the tube the bobbin is stopped by the finger 89, and as the tube continues its descent the curved guide portion 68 tips the bobbin forwardly through the space 71 and into the tube 69, through which it drops into the box 12. It will be seen that if the dotted bobbin were carried down with the tube 51, the butt of said bobbin would pass onto the tip of the bobbin next to be dofied, whereby the dofied bobbin would be held from turning, and could not be ejected by the curved portion 68.

To provide space to receive the ejectors 89 when the dofling device descends, the bracket 73 is slotted at 73, the dofling tube is slotted at 67, and the bracket 7 8 is open at its forward side. (See Figs. 10 and 17).

The donning tube 52 is secured to the slide frame 5 1 so as to reciprocate horizontally with said frame, by brackets 92 93 (Figs. 7 and 16). Said tube, with its upper extension 52 is of sufficient height to contain two bobbins, one superposed upon the other. hlounted in operative relation to the lower end of the donning tube is means for yieldingly closing the tube against the exit of bobbins, said means, in this instance, consisting of two spring fingers 94 extending through slots 95 in the tube. The bobbins are forced downwardly, one by one, past said fingers by an ejector 96 recessed as at 97 to receive the tip of a bobbin, said ejector extending through a slot 98 formed in the extension 52, and being fixed to a sleeve 99 which is slidable on a guide rod 100. The upper end of the guide rod 100 and the upper end of the extension 52 are secured to a bracket 101, said bracket being secured to a brace rod 102 fixed in the brackets 92 93. As shown in Fig. 16, the ejector 96 ejects the lower one of the two bobbins in the tube 52 by pressing the other bobbin down. The ejector is reciprocated through the medium of a link 103 (Figs. 1 and 3) that connects the sleeve 99 with the brackets 73. The

' ejector is held from turning on the rod 100 by a rib 104 on the sleeve 99 fitting in a groove 105 in the rod 100. See Fig. 18.

The bobbin-seater 53 (Fig. 7) is fixed to the lower end of a rod 106 which is slidable in bearings on the brackets 92 93. A. spline 107 fitting within a groove in the rod 106 prevents the latter from turning. 108 is a projection on the bobbin seater arranged to be engaged by one end of the channel bar 65. A coiled spring 109 hearing at its ends against the bracket 92 and a pin 110 in the rod 106 tends to move said rod and the bobbin seater downward. When the crank pin 64, working in the channel bar 65, moves the dofiing tube downward, the spring 109 drives the bobbin seatcr 53 against the tip of a bobbin theretofore discharged from the donning tube, and causes said bobbin to be frictionally engaged wit-h its spindle.

As the doffing tube rises, the

channel bar 65 strikes the projection 108 and lifts the bobbin-seater against the tension of the spring 109.

The empty bobbins with which the full bobbins are to be replaced are contained in a magazine 111. The form of magazine herein shown comprises a body consisting of front and rear walls 112 113 (Fig. 21) united by top and bottom frames 11 1. In this instance the bobbins are arranged within the magazine in three tiers, the tips of the bobbins lying within vertical grooves 115 in the wall 112, while the butts of the bobbins lie within compartments 116 formed in the rear portion of the magazine. It will be seen from Fig. 27 that the compartments 116 are not wide enough for two bobbins to lie side by side, and that therefore the bobbins are staggered or overlie one another to some extent. For convenience in removing the bobbins singly from the respective compartments, the compartments are made somewhat narrower at their lower ends so that as they descend in the compartments they approach a position of vertical alinement.

The magazine 111 is removably held upon a seat comprising, in this instance, two rails 117 (Fig. 23) cast integral with two curved arms 118, these arms being secured to the top frame member 18. To the ends of the rails 117 are fixed transverse rails 119. To assist the operator in correctly positioning the magazine upon its seat, a plurality of guides 120 is fixed to the rails 117 119. Pivo-ted latches 121 (Figs. 2 and 3) may be provided on the rails 117 to engage bet-ween the flanges of the channel bar constituting the lower frame 114, and thus lock the magazine in place upon its seat.

In operation, the bobbins in the magazine rest upon a bobbin-feeding means located below the magazine and virtually forming the bottom of the latter. In order that the magazine may be conveniently loaded before it is placed on the dofi'er, the magazine is provided with a bottom 122 (Figs. 21 and 26) adapted to fit between opposite sides of the lower frame 114- and against stop flanges 123 on said frame. A locking bar 12 1 is pivoted at its midportion upon the lower side of the bottom 122, the ends of said bar being adapted to enter slots 125 in the lower frame 114.

Means is provided for removing and replacing the bottom 122 while the magazine is in place upon the doifer, said means, in the present embodiment, comprising a hand lever 126 having thereon projections 127 adapted to lie at opposite sides of a projection 128 on the locking bar 124C. The pivotal movement of the latter bar is limited by stops 129 on the bottom 122. The lever 126 is pivoted on a rod 130 that has fixed thereto a support for the bottom 122, said support respectto said rails. Longitudinal displace- 'ment of the bottom relatively to the rails 131 is prevented by down-turned flanges 133 on the bottom'adapted to lie against the ends of the rails. The supp'ort'for the bottom 122 is vertically movable bymeans of a hand lever 134 pivoted'in a bracket fixed to the top frame member 18, saidhand lever beingfixed with relation to a gear segment 135 that meshes with rack teeth cut in the spllne 136 (Fig. 26) fitting 111 a' key-way rod130. Said rod'is held from turning by in the rod. After the magazine has been placed upon i its seat in the dofler, the operator raises the a support 131131 into contact with the bot- I p projection 128; Holding the bottom-support against the bottom, the operator swingsthe lever 126' to withdraw the ends of the lock ing barv 124 from the slots 125, and then lowers the bottom support until it rests on the arms 118, as indicated in Fig. 23. When the bottom 122 is thus being withdrawn, the

bobbins settle onto the bobbin-removing means. When the magazine is to be removed from the doffer,'the bottom 122 is 1 first replaced by operating the levers 126 and 13 I'nj'the present embodiment, the bobbin- ,removing means consists of a conveyer r formed of two endless chains 137 138 mount- I .j'ed upon sprocket wheels 139, two of said s'procket wheels being fixed upon a shaft 140, and the other two being mounted on a shaft 141. The shaft 140 is carried by bearings onthe top frame member 18, while the shaft 141 ismounted in bearings on a bracket 142 adjustably secured to said top frame member, so that slack in the chains may be taken up. The chain 137 has fixed thereto lugs 143 (Fig. 25) adapted to form recesses 144 between them for the reception of-the butts of-the bobbins; and the chain 138 carries lugs 145 (Fig. 24) providing recesses 146 to receive the tips of thebobbins. The

' conveyer is driven through a spiral-gear connection 147 148) between the shafts 39 and 140. p

'Between the sprocket wheels the upper Q runs of the chains are supported upon rails. 149 (Fig; 23) cast integral with the arms 118. Upward displacement of the chain 138 is prevented by lugs 150 on the plates 145 underlying a fiange 151 fixed to the adjacent rail 149. A similar flange 152 attached 'to the otheri'ail lies within a groove 153 formed in the lugs 143 andprevents upward displacement of the chain 137. 154 are guard rails cast integral with the rails 149 I and extending along the upper runs of the conveyer chains. At the discharge end of the conveyer are guard plates 155 fixed to the bars 117 As the conveyer chains pass around the sprocket wheels the bobbins are deposited upon the inclined ends 156 of the rails 154, and pushed down said inclined ends by the lugs 143 145, springs 157 preventing the bobbins from rolling freely down the inclines.

It will be seen from Fig. 27 that the lower bobbins of all of the tiers will drop onto the conveyer, as the latter is operated, until all of the spaces in the upper side thereof are full, and that thereafterthe conveyer will removexbobbinsfrom the tiers in succession,

the right-hand tier being first exhausted, the middle tier .next, and finally the left-hand tier. r

As shown in F igsj21' and 27, the butts of alternate bobbins w in a tier or column lie nearer to the side from which the conveyer approaches than the tips of said bobbins. The tip-receiving recesses in the conveyer are'direct-ly opposite the butt-receiving recesses in said conveyer, therefo-re'it'willbe seen that the butt-receiving recess reaches the butt of a bobbin w before the tip-receiving recess reaches the tip of'saidj bobbin.

When the column contains a considerable ceiving recess has passed too far along, I V

arrangethe spaces 115 and 116asshownin Fig.21. It will be seen that the spaces 115 are not direct-lyopposite the spaces 116, but on the contrary are advanced toward the side from which the conveyer approaches, thus reducing the angle between the bobbins w and the conveyer; or, mother words, the

construction shown places the bobbins more nearly at right angles to the conveyer than they would be if the spaces were I directly opposite the spaces 116. Such .dis-

placement ofthe spaces 115 toward the receiving end of the conveyer throws the bobbins z farther out of the ideal right-angular relation to the conveyer than if the space's 115 were directly opposite the spaces "116,

but this does not interfere in any Way with the feeding of the bobbins y onto theconveyer. I

It will be seen from Fig. 26 that when the tip ofthe bobbin w drops into the recess 146 the butt of said bobbin can settle into the recess 144. 4

The bobbins discharged by the conveyer are received in a tray 157 fixed. to an arm 158, said arm being fast on ashaft 159 (Fig.

16). Said shaft is rocked to place the bobbins in the donning tube 52 by means of a gear segment 160 (Fig. 17) pivoted at 161 and meshing with a gear segment 162 fixed on the shaft 159. The segment 160 is rocked by a cam 163 operating on a roller stud 16% carried by said segment.

A guard plate 165 overlies the path taken by the bobbins in passing from the conveyor to the tray, and a guard 166 extends at one side of the path of movement of the tray. At the opposite side of the tray is a guard 167 having a flange 168 thereon. 169 is a plate closing the space between the donning tube and the receiving position of the tray. The bobbins are discharged singly by the conveyer in a horizontal position, and are transferred to the donning tube and given an upright position by the tray 1557*.

170 and 171 are handles fixed to the tubes 15 and adapted for use in moving the doffer about and placing it in operative relation to the spinning frame.

When the bobbins upon a spinning frame are ready to be dotted, the ring rail 6 is stopped in its lowermost position, and a few turns of yarn are spun around the lower ends of the bobbins. The spinning frame is ghen stopped, and the thread-board g thrown ack.

The crank 4-4: being in its locked position, a magazine 111 is placed upon the dofier, and the bottom 122 of the magazine unlocked and lowered. The crank 44 is then unlocked and operated until the bobbin conveyer and the donning tube are properly supplied with bobbins. The crank is again locked in the position shown in Fig. 1, wherein the mechanism is in its initial position, with the dofling tube elevated, and the dofier placed in operative relation to the spinning frame, the lower carriage-section standing upon the floor, and the upper carriage-section being supported upon the rail 28. The doffer may now be actuated and fed continuously along the spinning frame by operating the crank 14.

As the dofling tube 51 moves downward over a full bobbin, the dogs 74: swing outwardly upon their pivots to pass the bobbin. On the upward movement of the tube, the dogs engage the yarn on the bobbin and cause the bobbin to rise with the tube. As the tube is moved downward over the next bobbin, the bobbin just lifted is forced from the tube by the ejector 89 and directed by the curved portion 68 into the tube 69, which conducts it to the box 12.

Referring now to Figs. 28 and 29: As the bobbin is lifted off its spindle by the tube 51, a few wraps of the thread that was wound around the lower end of the bobbin are transferred from the bobbin to the spindle, as shown in Fig. 28, so that when an empty bobbin is placed on the spindle the thread will be caught and held by it. As the slide frame 54: is moved forward wit-h relation to the spinning frame, the dofling tube 51 is moved into position over the next adjacent bobbin. When the tube 51 is lowered onto the last mentioned bobbin, the thread portion 72, running from the previously doffed bobbin to the spindle from which it was removed enters the shear and is severed as the dofiing tube completes its downward movement. Owing to the circular form of the bracket 7 8, the thread portion 7:, assumes a straight line between its spindle and the dofiing device as the latter is moved laterally away from said spindle; consequently said. thread portion is in posit-ion to enter the open shear as the shear descends. Simultaneously with the descent of the dofiing tube and an instant before the shear is actuated, an empty bobbin is discharged from the tube 52 onto the bare spindle, said empty bobbin clamping the thread between itself and the spindle. The next progressive movement of the slide frame 54: brings the bobbin 'seater 53 into vertical alinement with the empty bobbin just referred to, said bobbin-seater in its next downward movement pressing the bobbin firmly onto its spindle.

Nhile I have described the present embodiment of my invention with considerable particularity, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details herein set forth.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a dofi'er of the traveling type, a supporting framework comprising a lower and an upper section, the lower section having means for supporting it to travel upon the floor, and the upper section having means for supporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, and a connection between said sections arranged to permit relative movement between the sections, the lower section serving to completely support the upper section in upright position when the upper section is withdrawn fromthe spinning frame.

2. In a doffer of the traveling type, a supporting framework comprising a lower and an upper section, the lower section having means for supporting it to travel upon the floor, and the upper section having means for supporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, and columns fixed to the lower section, the upper section comprising sleeves vertically slidable upon said columns.

3. In a doffer of the traveling type, a supporting framework comprising a lower and an upper section, the lower section having means for support-ing it to travel upon the floor, and the upper section having means for supporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, columns fixed to the lower section, the upper section comprising sleeves vertically slidable upon said columns, and means i for vertically moving the upper section with relation to the lower section.

4. In a doffer of the traveling type, a supporting framework comprising a lower and anupper section, the lower section having means for supporting it to travel upon the floor, and the upper section having means for supporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, columns fixed to the lower section, the upper section comprising sleeves vertically slidable upon said columns, a rock shaft mounted in one of the sections, an arm on said'rock shaft, a link connection between saidarm andthe other section, and meansfor rocking said shaft.

5. In a dofler of the traveling type, a sup:

. porting framework comprising an upper and a lower section, a connection between said sections arranged to permit relative I movement between the sections, a rock shaft mounted in one of the sectlons, an arm on said shaft, a link connection between the arm ancl'the other section, andmeansfor rocking the shaft.

6. In a doffer'of the traveling type, a supporting framework comprising a lower sec:

I tion and an upper section, the upper section having means for supporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, a connection between said sections arranged to permit relative movement between the sections, the lower section being in the form of a frame, rollers supportin said frame to'travel upon the floor, a box Fo full bobbins adapted to be'removably inserted into said frame,'two

- I columns fixed to the frame of the lower section, the upper section comprising sleeves which are vertically slidable upon said columns, and means for vertically moving the upper section with relation to the lower section.

7. In a doifer of the traveling type, a

supporting framework comprising a lower section and an upper section, the lower section havin means for supporting it to travel upon the oor, and the upper section having means forsupporting it to travel upon a spinning frame, a connection between said sect-ions comprising two columns fixedto the lower section, the upper section consistlng of two tubes which are vertically slidable upon said columns, alower cross-piece, a

l middlecross-piece, and an upper cross-piece rigidly connecting said tubes, a vertical shaft supported by said cross-pieces, a timing and feeding element mounted upon the lower cross-piece, and geared to said vertical shaft,

I a horizontal crank shaft carried by the'mid- T .60

' shaft, and bobbin-supplying means carried dle'cross-piece, and gearedto said vertical by said upper cross-pieceand arranged to be driven by said vertical shaft. 7

8. In a 'dofler, a vertically-reciprocatory dofling element adapted to releasably' grasp to the body.

the doifer arranged to lie in the path of the bobbin held by said dofling element and cause the bobbin to be ejected from said doiiing element in the downward movement of the latter.

9. In a doffer, a bobbin magazine comprising a body, a bottom removably fitting within the lower end of the magazine body, 7 said bottom having at two opposite edges downwardly extending flanges fitting within the body, stops within the body for determining the operative posit-ion of the bottom, the lower end of the body having slots, and a locking bar pivoted at its middle on the lower side of the bottom and arranged to eX- tend through said slots to lock the bottom 10. In a dofier, a removable bobbin magazine having a removable bottom, a bobbinconveyor located below the magazine and comprising two parallel chains adapted to support the bobbins contained in th'e magazine, and means for withdrawing the bottom into the space between the chains and below the supporting surface of the chains.

11. In a doffer, a carriage framework, means for moving said framework along a spinningframe, a structure mounted'to re ciprocate horizontally with relation to said framework, a part mounted to reciprocate verticallywith relation to said structure, a doflingelement carried byv said part, means carried by said structure for ejecting bobbins from said dofling element, and means for reciprocating said structure and said art. I V

121] In a dofler, a carriage framework, means for moving said. framework along a spinning frame, a structure. mounted to reciprocate horizontally with relation to said framework, a part mounted to.-reciprocate vertically withrelation to'said structure, a dofling element carried by said part, means carried by said structure for preventing downward movement of a doffed bobbin with said doffing element, and means for reciprocating said structure and said part.

'13. In adoffer, a carriage framework,

bin-ejector located on said structure in the path of the doiiing element, and means for reciprocating said structure and saidpart. c

14:- In a dolfer, a carriage framework, means for moving said framework along a spinning frame, a structure mounted to reciprocate horizontally with relation to 'said framework, a part'mounted to reciprocate vertically with relation to saidstructure, a dofling element carriedby said part, a bo-b- 

